Basal anthropoids from Egypt and the antiquity of Africa's higher primate radiation

ER Seiffert, EL Simons, WC Clyde, JB Rossie, Y Attia… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Early anthropoid evolution in Afro-Arabia is poorly documented, with only a few isolated
teeth known from before∼ 35 million years ago. Here we describe craniodental remains of …

A palaeo Tibet–Myanmar connection? Reconstructing the Late Eocene drainage system of central Myanmar using a multi-proxy approach

A Licht, C France-Lanord, L Reisberg… - Journal of the …, 2013 - lyellcollection.org
Strain resulting from the collision of India with Asia has caused fundamental changes to
Asian drainage patterns, but the timing and nature of these changes are poorly understood …

Late Middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa

Y Chaimanee, O Chavasseau… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Reconstructing the origin and early evolutionary history of anthropoid primates (monkeys,
apes, and humans) is a current focus of paleoprimatology. Although earlier hypotheses …

Middle Eocene East Asian monsoon prevalence over southern China: Evidence from palynological records

Y Xie, F Wu, X Fang - Global and Planetary Change, 2019 - Elsevier
The initiation of Asian monsoon systems is a complex and controversial issue, and the
existence of monsoon systems in the Eocene has not yet been confirmed by commonly …

A major environmental shift by the middle Eocene in southern China: Evidence from palynological records

Y Xie, F Wu, X Fang - Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 2020 - Elsevier
The modern environment of southern China is dominated by a humid monsoon climate, and
presents a striking contrast to the widespread deserts found at similar latitudes elsewhere …

Initiation and evolution of forearc basins in the Central Myanmar Depression

F Cai, L Ding, Q Zhang, DA Orme, H Wei, J Li… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The forearc basin in Myanmar is significant in understanding the development of continental
forearc basins. We present stratigraphic, sandstone petrographic, and U-Pb detrital data …

Provenance of the Eocene sandstones in the southern Chindwin Basin, Myanmar: Implications for the unroofing history of the Cretaceous–Eocene magmatic arc

KL Oo, K Zaw, S Meffre, DW Aung, CK Lai - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The Eocene sedimentary rocks, exposed in the southern Chindwin Basin, northern part of
Myanmar, are characterized by a thick sequence of continental clastic units consisting of …

Geochemistry and geochronology of granites hosting the Mawchi Sn–W deposit, Myanmar: implications for tectonic setting and emplacement

AZ Myint, K Zaw, YM Swe, K Yonezu, Y Cai, T Manaka… - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Mawchi Mine in Myanmar is a historic world-class Sn–W deposit within the tin province
of Southeast Asia, extending from Yunnan in SW China through Myanmar and Thailand, via …

The oldest anthropoid primates in SE Asia: evidence from LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon age in the Late Middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar

K Zaw, S Meffre, M Takai, H Suzuki, C Burrett… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, central Myanmar hosts the richest
deposit of terrestrial mammals in SE Asia. The Pondaung Formation contains anthropoid …

Appendix geochronology in Myanmar (1964–2017)

MJ Crow, K Zaw - Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
This Appendix summarizes the published isotopic age data for Myanmar up to early 2017. It
is intended as a resource for geoscientists to stimulate future investigations. A variety of age …